ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Shopboard

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Shopboard is a noun meaning (now historical) A tradesman's counter or table where goods for sale are displayed.

Meaning

(now historical) A tradesman's counter or table where goods for sale are displayed.

More Meanings

  1. (now historical) A workbench or platform on which a tradesman, especially a tailor, sits to work.

Example Sentences

[N]or is there any place to let your legs hang down in, passengers sitting upon a platform like tailors on their shopboard.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stallboard, booth, stall, tabling, counter, bookstall.

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